Hello All,
I was lucky enough to get through the HSMP number (+44-114-259-1894)yesterday and had a detailed chat with the concerned person.
My application reached Doncaster in September, so I asked him if my application will be processed in 26 weeks. The HSMP person told me that at the moment they are processing June-16th application and I just have to wait. When I checked with him regarding the latest applications being processed quickly, he said there is a training batch who is dealing with the latest cases.
I also enquired if the HSMP department accepts contract job offers to expedite the processing. He said I can send the offer and they will look into it.
My understanding is that even after submitting the job offer there is no guarentee that our HSMP application will be processd quickly. It is solely at the descrition of the HSMP manager/team lead. He told me that if the job request is accepted I will still have to wait for 4-6 weeks.
One more thing that I would like to mention here is that I work for a TOP 5 company with offices in the UK. I told that person that i can get a transfer to the UK provided I have the visa. He asked me to get a letter from the organization stating this and fax the letter to them and they can look into it. (My company will never do that, instead they will fire me
)
So I guess people working for multinational companies can also try to expedite the processing this way, if the company agrees.
To sum it up, People who have applied between June-September have to wait wait and wait..unless we have the job offer.
I am out of ideas as to what can be done next. I have been waiting for 6 months now.
TIME IS THE SOLUTION I GUESS.
Ravi